PAM. 

MED.  MI8». 


V 


BY  THE  BANKS  OF  THE  EUPHRATES. 


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MKS.  E.  E.  CALVEKLEY,  M.D. 


HALL  G.  VAN  VLACK  M.D.  MISS  SAKAI!  L.  HOSMON,  M.D. 

THE  MEDICAL  STAFF  OF  THE  ARABIAN1  MISSION. 


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A DOCTOR  ON  TOUR  ACROSS  THE  DESERT. 


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MISS  A.  CHRISTINE  IVERSON,  M.D. 


INTRODUCTORY  NOTE. 


THIS  BRIEF  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  MEDICAL  WORK  OF  THE 
ARABIAN  MISSION,  ITS  BEGINNINGS  AND  PROGRESS,  AND 
ITS  HOPES  FOR  THE  FUTURE,  IS  WRITTEN  WITH  THOSE  IN 
MIND  ESPECIALLY  WHO  HAVE  FOLLOWED  IT  WITH  THEIR 
INTEREST,  THEIR  PRAYERS  AND  THEIR  GIFTS.  IT  IS  BUT 
A MEAGER  OUTLINE,  AND  BUT  FAINTLY  SUGGESTS  THE 
INTERESTING  DETAILS  OF  THE  WORK.  BUT  IT  IS  HOPED 
THAT  IT  DOES  MAKE  CLEAR  THE  VALUE  AND  IMPORTANCE 
AND  SUCCESS  OF  MEDICAL  MISSIONARY  WORK  IN  ADVANC- 
ING Christ's  kingdom  in  Arabia. 

Bahrein,  Arabia, 

March , 797  7. 


Wrbiral  Work  of  thr  Arabian  Wisoion. 


RETROSPECT  AND  PROSPECT. 


THE  NEED  AND  THE  OPPORTUNITY. 

“Fever  is  written  in  three  parts  in  ancient  wisdom — in  the  first  there 
is  the  straitening  of  hell,  in  the  second  the  oppression  of  fire,  and  in  the 
third,  the  torture  of  hell-fire ; it  steams  like  a boiling  pot  each  time  it  seizes 
upon  you.  As  for  the  third, — may  God  protect  us  from  it ! — in  the  name  of 
God  it  comes,  in  the  name  of  God  it  vanishes,  in  the  name  of  God  it  passes 
by,  in  the  name  of  God  it  departs,  in  the  name  of  God  it  turns  aside,  in  the 
name  of  God  the  Most  Merciful.  We  are  causing  to  descend  upon  the 
true  believers  the  secret  of  it  for  the  good  of  man — and  let  him,  upon 
whose  heart  it  hath  descended  to  heal  by  this  book,  see  to  it  that  he  heal  by 
the  permission  of  God  the  Most  High.” 

So  begins  the  section  on  fever  in  one  of  the  Arabic  books  of  medicine 
found  in  the  household,  at  once  confessing  complete  ignorance  of  the  na- 
ture of  the  causes  of  fever,  and  acknowledging  utter  inability  to  cope  with 
it.  The  ancient  literature  of  Arabia  contains  some  interesting  and  very 
able  treatises  on  medicine  and  its  related  sciences,  showing  that  up  to  a 
certain  era  the  wise  men  of  Arabia  were  keeping  abreast  of  medical  science 
in  Greece  and  the  rest  of  the  civilized  world.  But  there  it  stops,  and  not 
only  did  all  advance  cease,  but  the  lore  already  acquired  was  inaccessible 
to  the  great  mass  of  the  people,  or  was  but  imperfectly  handed  down  from 
one  generation  to  the  next  by  ignorant  and  unread  men,  and  more  ignorant 
women.  And  thus  the  science  so  beneficial  to  mankind,  which  took  root 
and  flourished  for  a time  in  the  desert  soil  of  Arabia,  died  for  lack  of  hus- 
banding and  propagation. 

We  read  with  interest  in  the  early  annals  of  the  Arabian  Mission  how 
the  treatment  and  care  of  the  sick  and  suffering  was  forced  upon  Mr. 
Zwemer,  and  how  adept  he  became  in  allaying  the  ordinary  ailments  of 
the  people  among  whom  he  worked.  An  extract  from  a Bahrein  station 
report  of  1894  pictures  the  situation:  “Much  as  my  small  acquaintance 


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DR.  THOMS  OPERATING  UNDER  DIFFICULTIES. 

with  drugs  has  been  of  help  in  disarming  prejudice  and  making  friends, 
I daily  find  how  little  I do  know  and  how  much  I ought  to  know  of  medi- 
cine. The  most  interesting  cases  I must  turn  away  because  I am  not  a 
surgeon  and  because  the  responsibility  and  anxiety  of  treating  those  who 
are  dangerously  ill  is  too  great  for  a nonprofessional.  The  need  of  a medi- 
cal missionary  here  is  second  only  to  Busrah.  In  the  whole  island  with 
some  50,000  people  there  is  no  doctor,  and  native  quackery  is  cruel  in  the 
extreme.  In  a place  where  dentistry  is  practiced  by  the  use  of  wedges, 
hammers  and  tongs,  and  where  they  fill  a hollow  tooth  with  melted  lead 
to  ease  pain,  I have  won  a score  of  friends  by  less  painful  methods.”  Truly 
a man  can  do  much  in  Arabia  who  can  “cure  fever  and  pull  teeth  without 
pain.” 


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DEVELOPMENT  OF  THE  WORK. 

Friends  of  the  Mission  will  recall  the  repeated  disappointments  and 
discouragements  attending  the  first  efforts  at  establishing  permanent  medi- 
cal work.  But  the  importance  of  it  as  a means  of  opening  the  way  for  the 
Gospel  was  paramount,  and  the  need  of  the  people  imperative,  and  strong 
faith  held  out  against  all  discouragements.  And  the  year  1896  saw  Dr. 
Worrall  carrying  on  a successful  medical  work  at  Busrah,  treating  between 
five  and  six  thousand  patients  that  year,  besides  making  a tour  of  inspec- 
tion of  the  other  two  stations,  Bahrein  and  Muscat.  The  same  year  Mrs. 
Zwemer  began  medical  work  for  the  women,  thus  opening  up  a new  field 
of  helpfulness  and  a new  door  of  opportunity  for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel 
message. 

The  history  of  the  medical  work  from  this  time  on  has  been  one  of  ex- 
tension and  growth,  of  gradual  increase  in  the  force  of  workers,  and  of 
occupation  of  new  fields.  In  1900  work  was  definitely  opened  at  Bahrein, 
and  in  October,  1902,  the  new  Mason  Memorial  Hospital  was  taken  into 
use,  and  formally  dedicated  at  the  Mission  Meeting  in  January,  1903.  In 
Busrah,  meanwhile,  a large  work  continued  to  be  carried  on,  but  with  no 
accommodations  for  in-patients,  surgical  and  medical,  beyond  those  fur- 
nished by  a commodious  native  house.  The  spring  of  1910,  however,  saw 
the  laying  of  the  cornerstone  of  the  Lansing  Memorial  Hospital,  and  the 
building  went  rapidly  on  to  completion  the  same  year.  The  previous  year, 
1909,  a doctor  was  established  at  Mat  rah,  near  Muscat,  with  the  hope  of 
buying  land  and  erecting  a hospital  in  the  near  future.  Early  in  1910,  also, 
Kuweit,  important  as  the  key  to  the  interior  of  the  Nejd,  was  reopened 
by  medical  work  from  Busrah,  and  later  in  the  year  land  was  obtained  on 
which  to  erect  a hospital  and  other  mission  buildings. 

THE  WORK  AT  BAHREIN. 

The  Mason  Memorial  Hospital  is  pleasantly  situated,  fronting  on  a 
garden  which  boasts,  besides  the  datepalm  and  the  ethyltree,  several  broad- 
leafed  shade  trees,  a considerable  vegetable  garden,  and  even  a bed  of 
nasturtiums  and  sweet  peas.  It  is  a joy  to  look  upon,  and  a rest  to  weary 
eyes.  The  hospital  itself  is  a two-story  building,  shaded  all  around  by  deep 
verandahs.  Downstairs  the  main  rooms  are  the  doctor’s  office,  waiting  and 


AT  THE  GATE,  MASON  MEMORIAL  HOSPITAL,  BAHREIN. 


OPERATING  ROOM,  DR.  MYLREA  AT  WORK. 


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treatment  rooms  for  men  at  the  left  of  the  front  entrance,  with  similar 
rooms  for  the  women  at  the  right.  Accessible  from  both  is  a special  exami- 
nation and  treatment  room,  and  conveniently  situated  for  both  is  the  com- 
mon dispensary  and  drug  room.  Upstairs  are  found  the  operating  and 
preparation  rooms  adjoining  the  large  men’s  ward  of  ten  beds  on  one 
side,  and  the  women's  ward  of  five  beds  on  the  other.  Besides  these  two 
wards  there  is  a smaller  ward  for  men  containing  three  beds,  and  one  single 
room.  In  1910  a two-roomed  isolation  ward  was  erected  on  a new  plot 
adjoining  the  hospital  compound  at  the  back,  with  money  given  for  the 
purpose  by  M.  Victor  Rosenthal,  a pearl  merchant  from  Paris. 

The  staff  for  the  present  year  consists  of  the  physician  in  charge,  Dr. 
Mylrea;  Mrs.  Zwemer  in  charge  of  women’s  work  and  the  upstairs  wards; 
a dispenser,  a dresser,  an  orderly,  and  a man  for  general  work,  not  to  men- 
tion the  various  other  functionaries  who  are  quite  necessary  in  running  a 
hospital  in  the  East.  The  morning  dispensary  clinics  are  held  five  times 
a week,  leaving  Sunday  free,  and  Wednesday  for  operations.  The  at- 
tendance varies  considerably  from  day  to  day,  depending  on  the  weather 
and  the  seasons.  The  competition  of  the  Government  Hospital,  with  a 
Mohammedan  doctor  in  charge,  and  attendance  at  religious  services  not  re- 
quired, apparently  does  not  affect  the  total  attendance,  although  without  it 
the  number  would  probably  have  shown  a marked  increase.  I quote  from 
Dr.  Mylrea’s  report  for  1910:  “The  total  number  of  new  cases  treated  in 

the  dispensary  on  the  men’s  side  was  2,708,  and  on  the  women’s  side  843 ; 
the  total  number  of  treatments  new  and  old  was  8,400  on  the  men's  side,  and 
2,659  on  the  women's  side,  making  a grand  total  of  11,059.  Upstairs  in 
the  wards  101  patients  spent  1,977  days  under  our  care;  of  these  101,  four 
were  women.  The  cases  included  forty  surgical,  nineteen  eye,  and  thirty- 
seven  medical  on  the  men's  side,  and  on  the  women’s  side  three  surgical, 
one  eye,  and  one  medical.”  During  the  year  two  hundred  and  thirty-three 
addresses  were  given  on  the  men’s  side,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty-six  on 
the  women’s,  and  daily  ward  talks  to  inpatients.  Besides  these  regular 
channels  for  preaching  the  Word,  there  is  the  personal  witness,  the  daily 
contact  with  patients,  the  daily  conversation  in  the  hospital  and  in  the 
homes,  which  cannot  be  set  down  in  a report,  but  which  will  surely  bear 
fruit. 

. The  Mason  Memorial  Hospital  has  stood  now  for  eight  years  and  more 


JVIEN’s  WARD,  MASON  MEMORIAL  HOSPITAL,  BAHREIN, 


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with  wide  open  doors  to  welcome  the  sick  and  suffering  who  have  come  from 
near  and  far,  and  its  fame  has  gone  abroad.  Go  into  the  wards  any  day,  and 
you  will  find  patients  not  only  from  the  islands  of  Bahrein,  but  from  the 
Hassa  and  Oman  coasts,  and  from  the  far  interior  of  the  Nejd;  you  will 
find  the  Persian  from  across  the  Gulf,  and  the  man  who  talks  only  Hin- 
dustani or  Turkish.  And  to  the  officers  and  men  of  the  steamships  that 
ply  the  Gulf,  Bahrein  has  become  a haven  in  time  of  serious  illness,  situated 
as  it  is  halfway  up  the  Gulf.  Last  year  one  venerable,  patriarchal  old 
man,  speaking  the  purest  of  Arabic,  came  all  the  weary  way  across  the  inte- 
rior from  near  Mecca,  led  by  the  hand,  for  he  had  a cataract  in  both  eyes. 
How  he  had  heard  that  across  on  the  island  of  Bahrein  he  could  regain 
his  sight,  we  do  not  know ; but  he  came  in  faith  and  hope  and  went  away 
rejoicing  in  restored  sight,  filled  with  praise  to  God  and  gratitude  to  the 
doctor  who  had  accomplished  the  wonder. 

Again  and  again,  when  men  from  the  interior  have  come  to  seek 
medical  aid,  the  invitation  has  been  extended  to  the  doctor : “Come  back 

with  us  and  heal  our  sick.”  And  to  the  question,  “Should  I be  welcome? 
Should  I be  safe?”  the  answer  invariably  comes,  “Yes,  many  times  wel- 
come ; we  would  be  indebted  and  grateful,  deeply  grateful.”  And  that  call 
is  very  attractive  and  some  day  soon  it  will  be  responded  to,  and  the  interior 
of  Arabia  will  open  out  to  the  Gospel.  But  even  if  the  time  were  ripe  to  go 
now,  what  could  the  doctor  do?  He  is  single-handed,  and  if  he  leaves  his 
work  during  the  time  seasonable  for  desert  travel,  which  is  also  the  time 
when  the  hospital  is  busiest,  he  will  be  disappointing  those  who  have  come 
for  help,  and  a large  opportunity  will  be  lost.  It  is  borne  in  upon  the  minds 
of  all,  each  year  more  urgently,  that  every  well-established  hospital  needs 
at  least  two  fully-equipped  physicians.  Then  when  one  of  them  is  away 
on  extended  tours,  or  on  necessary  vacation,  or  even  on  an  urgent  outcall  to 
a distant  village,  the  work  need  not  be  at  a standstill ; and  there  is  always 
enough,  and  often  more  than  enough  for  two. 


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THE  WORK  IN  BUSRAH. 

Busrah  being  a city  of  size  as  compared  with  the  towns  of  Bahrein 
Island,  and  being  under  Turkish  rule,  the  work  there  naturally  presents 
certain  differences  and  certain  initial  difficulties,  such  as  requiring  a Turkish 
diploma  of  the  doctor,  and,  under  present  ruling,  of  the  hospital  dispenser. 
The  field  is  larger  and  the  people  wealthier,  hence  the  receipts  are  much 
higher,  making  the  work  self-supporting.  But  at  the  same  time  it  is 
true  that  there  is  greater  competition,  there  being  no  less  than  five  or  six 


MORNING  CLINIC — BUSRAH. 

other  physicians,  carrying  on  work  either  independently  or  under  govern- 
ment control.  This  necessitates  maintaining  a high  standard  of  work,  in  or- 
der that  the  people  may  go  to  the  Mission  doctor  and  come  under  missionary 
influence. 

The  medical  work  at  Busrah  has  been  carried  on  with  marked  success 
in  spite  of  the  fact  that  it  has  had  no  adequate  accommodations  until  now. 
This  is  shown  not  only  by  the  statistics  of  patients  treated  and  operated  on 


THE  LAYING  OF  THE  CORNERSTONE,  LANSING  MEMORIAL  HOSPITAL,  BUSRAH, 


THE  LANSING  MEMORIAL  HOSPITAL,  BUSRAH. 


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year  by  year,  during  the  fifteen  years  of  work,  but  by  the  fact  that  the 
intense  prejudice  which  hedged  in  the  work  in  its  beginnings  has  been 
gradually  broken  down,  so  that  the  laying  of  the  cornerstone  of  the 
Lansing  Memorial  Hospital  in  the  spring  of  1910  took  on  the  aspect  of  a 
city  function,  with  many  officials  present  and  a speech  by  the  Wali  (Gov- 
ernor) himself.  Those  concerned  will  remember  the  great  difficulties  attend- 
ing the  buying  of  land,  how  for  years  it  was  entirely  impossible.  And  when 
finally  land  was  obtained,  to  get  permission  to  build  the  hospital  involved 
endless  red  tape,  even  necessitating  a trip  to  Constantinople  by  the  doctor  in 
charge.  But  the  irade  was  finally  gained,  and  at  the  public  ceremony  the 
men  of  prominence,  all  Moslems  nominally,  did  not  hesitate  to  acknowledge 
the  good  works  of  the  Christian  missionaries  in  their  city. 

The  medical  reports  for  1910  show  that  jointly  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Worrall 
treated  13,217  patients,  of  whom  7,068  were  men,  5,845  women.  There 

were  133  inpatients  in  the  hospital,  fifty  of  whom  were  women,  and  of 

these  latter,  twenty  were  operative  cases.  Of  the  7,068  cases  among  men 
4,070  were  medical,  1,093  surgical,  and  1,903  eye  cases;  by  another  classi- 
fication 4,715  were  Moslems,  1,074  Christians,  1,279  Jews.  Of  the  5,845 
women  a somewhat  higher  per  cent,  were  Moslems.  The  surgical  cases 

varied  from  trivial  minor  operations  to  the  most  serious  major  opera- 

tion. Among  the  women  were  numerous  obstetrical  and  gynecological  cases, 
the  former  always  serious,  as  the  doctor  is  rarely  called  in  normal  cases. 
It  will  be  noticed  that  the  woman's  work  is  much  more  extensive  with  a 
woman  physician  in  charge.  According  to  the  reports  most  of  the  cases 
come  from  Busrah  and  vicinity,  with  a goodly  number  from  Mohammerah, 
Abd-el-Kaseeb  and  Yahoodie,  and  many  places  up  the  river.  The  outcalls 
to  Busrah  city  and  Ashar  reached  upwards  of  three  hundred  for  men,  while 
Mrs.  Worrall  made  a hundred  and  seventy-five  calls  on  women  patients. 

With  such  signal  success  working  under  difficulties  and  with  inade- 
quate accommodations  and  equipment,  we  may  hope  for  increased  efficiency 
with  a well-equipped  building  such  as  the  Lansing  Memorial  Hospital  will 
be,  and  with  increase  of  the  working  force.  If  one  doctor  is  insufficient 
for  Bahrein,  much  more  is  this  true  for  Busrah.  The  women  physician 
has  enough  with  her  work  among  the  women,  and  can  be  of  help  to  the  man 
in  charge  with  operations  and  incases  only.  There  is  large  opportunity 
for  medical  touring  not  only  along  the  Shatt-el-Arab,  but  inland  also,  for 


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which  obviously  an  extra  man  is  needed.  And  this  need  will  be  met  event- 
ually, is  even  now  being  met  by  medical  men  from  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan, who  will  work  at  the  same  time  as  medical  missionaries  under  the 
Board  of  the  Arabian  Mission,  and  as  missionary  representatives  of  their 
University. 

WORK  IN  THE  MUSCAT  FIELD. 

Medical  work  for  women  has  been  carried  on  with  some  interruptions 
at  Muscat,  in  a small  room  downstairs  in  the  Mission  House ; the  present 
hope  is,  with  money  already  donated,  to  build  a modest  dispensary,  in  which 


DR.  BENNETT  AS  TRAVELING  PHYSICIAN  IN  OMAN. 


a woman  physician  can  do  a much-needed  work.  In  1909  Dr.  Thoms  was 
assigned  by  the  Mission  to  open  medical  work  at  Matrah,  a town  situated 
just  behind  Muscat  on  a small  inlet.  This  place  was  chosen  in  preference 
to  Muscat  itself,  partly  because  of  the  British  hospital  already  established 
in  the  latter  place,  but  more  especially  because  Matrah  is  in  some  respects  a 
better  location  for  permanent  medical  missionary  work,  being  as  the  name 
itself  indicates,  the  depot  for  all  caravans  of  Arabs  coming  from  the  interior. 
There  was  some  secret  opposition  to  the  work  at  first,  but  this  gradually  died 


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DR.  THOMS  TREATING  PATIENTS  AT  MATRAH. 

down,  the  work  grew  rapidly,  and  the  doctor  had  to  make  use  of  part  of  his 
house  as  a hospital,  operative  eyecases,  such  as  cataract,  being  especially  nu- 
merous. The  work  suffered  some  interruptions,  and  is  as  yet  only  in  its 
beginnings,  but  is  rich  in  promise.  The  whole  hinterland  of  Oman  is  wait- 
ing to  be  opened  and  to  receive  the  Gospel. 

THE  WORK  AT  KUWEIT. 

This  city  of  strategic  importance  in  the  conquest  of  Arabia  for  Christ 
was  at  one  time  open  to  missionaries,  but  through  unforeseen  circumstances 
it  became  for  a number  of  years  effectually  closed  against  them.  In  1909, 
however,  a request  was  sent  to  Busrah  from  the  Sheikh  at  Kuweit  for  the 
Mission  doctor  to  make  them  an  extended  visit.  Accordingly  at  the  fol- 
lowing Annual  Meeting,  Dr.  Bennett  was  detailed  to  comply  with  this 
request  of  the  Sheikh,  and  to  try  to  reopen  the  place.  During  the  first  visit 
an  understanding  was  reached,  and  later  in  the  spring  some  weeks  were 
spent  treating  patients  in  a house  assigned  for  the  purpose  by  the  Sheikh. 
During  a still  later  trip,  this  house  was  secured  on  extended  lease,  and  a 


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dispenser  with  a colporteur  left  in  charge  after  the  departure  of  the  doctor. 
A definite  sum  of  money  for  buying  land  at  Kuweit  was  already  at  hand,  so 
the  Mission  determined  to  follow  up  the  advantage  gained.  Dr.  Bennett 
was  again  sent  there  to  try  to  consummate  a proposition  previously  made,  but 
rejected  by  the  Sheikh.  After  considerable  difficulty  land  was  obtained 
in  a good  location,  sufficient  for  the  erection  of  a hospital  and  a mission 
house,  and  a permanent  foothold  was  thus  gained.  At  present  only  the 


CLINIC  AT  KUWEIT. 

medical  work  is  welcome;  the  people  consent  to  listen  to  the  reading  of  the 
Word  simply  that  they  may  receive  treatment.  They  are  very  fanatical,  and 
there  is  a great  deal  of  prejudice  to  be  overcome.  For  the  present  year  the 
station  is  kept  open  by  interrupted  residence  of  the  missionary  in  charge, 
and  medical  service  by  the  mission  doctors  in  turn  for  a certain  definite 
time.  The  re-opening  of  the  door  of  opportunity  came  as  a gift  of  God 
in  answer  to  prayer.  And  surely  He  who  opened  the  door  will  also  provide 
the  way  for  entering  in  and  possessing  fully. 


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SUMMARY. 


At  present,  then,  medical  work  is  carried  on  from  four  centers — Bahrein, 
Busrah,  Muscat  and  Kuweit.  Bahrein  has  a hospital  of  twenty  beds,  with 
an  additional  eight  in  the  isolation  ward.  The  new  hospital  at  Busrah,  not 
yet  equipped,  has  a capacity  of  about  twenty-four  beds.  At  Muscat  a wom- 
an's dispensary  is  to  built;  at  Matrah,  substation  to  Muscat,  land  must 
be  purchased  and  a hospital  erected,  for  which  the  funds  are  already  in  hand. 
At  Kuweit,  land  has  recently  been  obtained,  and  is  ready  for  the  erection  of 


By  referring  to  the  list  of  Arabian  missionaries  it  will  be  seen  that  it 
includes  ten  physicians,  and  six  men  and  four  women.  Thank  God  for 
so  large  a number.  With  the  short  term  of  service  practicable  in 
Arabia,  one-fifth  or  one  -sixth  of  the  force  must  always  be  deducted  as 
being  off  the  field.  For  full  occupation  of  work  now  possible,  there  are 
needed  two  men  at  least  in  Busrah,  two  at  Bahrein,  two  for  the  Kuweit 
work,  and  one,  if  not  two  for  Matrah.  This  means  an  additional  two  at 
once.  To  develop  the  women's  work,  a woman  physician  is  needed  at 
each  station.  Commendation  is  due  the  splendid  work  of  the  women  of  the 
mission,  who,  with  a complete  or  partial  nurse’s  training,  with  or  without  the 
direction  of  a doctor,  have  done  medical  work  for  women.  Their  work  can 
still  be  counted  on,  but  with  the  development  of  hospitals  it  will  naturally  be 
directed  more  toward  the  care  and  superintendence  of  inpatients,  assistance 
in  the  operating  room,  and  the  training  of  native  nurses. 

Prayer  and  thought,  money  and  lives  have  been  invested  in  this  enter- 
prise. God  gave  it  increase,  and  with  growth  and  expansion  has  come 
added  need  for  prayer  and  thought,  for  men  and  money.  Will  any  one 
doubt  that  it  will  be  a paying  investment? 


buifclings. 


ED.  2M.-JUL.  11 


